Major research findings are synthesized and innovations of current concern to vocational rehabilitation professionals are reported in this paper on national health insurance (NHI) and rehabilitation. Discussion covers the following topics: the concept of insurance, forms of health insurance, issues arising from hearings on NHI, perspectives of congressional staff regarding the probable interface between NHI and vocational rehabilitation services, current major NHI proposals, the Canadian experience with an NHI program, the Connecticut experience with a statewide NHI program, and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS), the nation's single largest health plan. A separate commentary on NHI and rehabilitation by Joseph LaRocca includes discussion of health insurance legislation, rehabilitation recommendations for NHI proposals in the areas of rehabilitation services and facilities, and training vocational rehabilitation agency staff on NHI coverage and benefits. The document concludes with recommendations for NHI in such areas as benefit coordination, reimbursement, financing, administration, training, and research. An annotated bibliography makes up approximately one half the document; the annotations summarize selected substantive detail from the original sources. (TA)